AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

People whose relatives were lost in the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami waited for word on the searches and grieved when bodies were recovered from the rubble and mud. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on Sept. 28 killed more than 2,000 people, most of them in the city of Palu. Many of the hundreds and perhaps thousands who are still missing may be buried in the mud that acted like quicksand during the shaking and swallowed whole neighborhoods.

The tsunami that leveled swathes of the coast also swept numerous ships and boats ashore in central Sulawesi.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, Tokyo's famous fish market reopened at a new location, Toyosu, but kept the traditions of its opening activity: the tuna auction. Clanging bells opened the sale of raw and frozen tuna displayed wall-to-wall in the huge warehouse. The rhythmical shouts of the auctioneers and the special hand signals by the bidders were unchanged from Tsukiji, which the market recently left after more than eight decades.

The Vegetarian Festival began in China and Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Worshippers pray at temples and refrain from eating meat during the festival that coincides with the celebration of the nine Chinese Emperor Gods.

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.

In this Oct. 6, 2018, photo, villagers wait for any word on their missing relatives lost in the Balarola neighborhood of Palu city when a massive earthquake caused the soil to loosen like a liquid, swallowing some homes whole and collapsing others into piles of rubble in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The 7.5 magnitude quake triggered not just a tsunami that leveled huge swathes of the region's coast, but a geological phenomenon known as liquefaction, making the soil move like liquid and swallowing entire neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

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In this Oct. 7, 2018, file photo, men chat on top of the rubble at Petobo neighborhood, which was wiped out by the earthquake-triggered tsunami, in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia,. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

In this Oct. 6, 2018, photo, Aminah Gozah grieves after seeing the bodies of two of her three missing sons buried meters deep in the earthquake-damaged Balaroa neighboorhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. She was home waiting for her three children to return for dinner when the disaster struck. None of them ever came home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, a man walks past a boat swept ashore by a tsunami in Wani village on the outskirt of Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Central Sulawesi province on Sept. 28, triggering a tsunami and mudslides that killed a large number of people and displaced tens of thousands of others. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

In this Oct. 11, 2018, photo, a prospective buyer looks at frozen tunas during the first auction at the newly opened Toyosu Market, new site of Tokyo's fish market, in Tokyo. Tokyo's famous fish market reopened Thursday at a new location but with an old tradition: the tuna auction. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

In this Oct. 8, 2018, photo, a woman lights long incense sticks at a Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand, to mark the eve of the Vegetarian Festival. During the festival that runs from Oct. 9 to 17 in 2018, worshippers refrain from eating animal products over the nine days to coincide with the celebration of the nine Chinese Emperor Gods. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

In this Oct. 8, 2018, photo, Indian Air Force soldiers march past their C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft during the Indian Air Force day parade at the Hindon air base on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Air Force Day is celebrated to mark the day the Indian air force was officially established in 1932. Apart from defending Indian air space, the air force also delivers humanitarian aid and disaster relief material during natural calamities. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

In this Oct. 8, 2018, photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, reacts as he is shown the way by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Pompeo said Monday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made "significant progress" toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons. While significant work remains to be done, he said he expected further results after an as-yet unscheduled second summit between Kim and President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

In this Oct. 7, 2018, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk together before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pompeo said that he and Kim made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons, though there was no immediate indication whether Pompeo had managed to arrange a much-anticipated second summit between Kim and President Donald Trump. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a question and answer session after delivering her policy speech at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's leader says the semi-autonomous Chinese territory plans to ban e-cigarettes and other new smoking products to protect public health. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, an Indian cycle rickshaw puller maneuvers his rickshaw past an awareness mural campaigning for a clean and green Delhi in New Delhi, India, Wednesday. Huge sums have been spent on a marketing blitz, including videos of Bollywood stars sweeping the streets, for the government's ambitious Swachh Bharat, or Clean India, program launched by Modi in 2014. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

In this Oct. 9, 2018, photo, an Indian woman, left and two yellow cabs prepare to cross an intersection of a street painted with colors ahead of Hindu festival Durga Puja in Kolkata, India. The festival is scheduled to run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

In this Oct. 7, 2018, photo, owners raise their pets as they are blessed with holy water to celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi at the Eastwood Mall in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. Pets are traditionally blessed every first Sunday of October to celebrate the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, considered the patron saint of animals and environment by the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)